Founding Fathers
He wrote the Albany Plan of Union and was the main negotiator in Paris to convince the French to join the Patriot cause.
Benjamin Franklin
This event caused riots in the streets and the arrest of British officers after they opened fire on a group of protesting Patriots.
Boston Massacre
This battle was fought in New Jersey on December 26th, 1776. Washington crossed the Delaware River to surprise the British as an advantage.
Battle of Trenton
This document was a combination of American ideas and charges against King George III.
Declaration of Independence
This practice of slave owners freeing their slaves on their own accord was later limited in the south.
Manumission
A legendary general in the French and Indian War, he became the lead general for the Continental Army.
George Washington
This individual road to Lexington and Concord to warn John Hancock and Sam Adams that the British were coming to arrest them.
Paul Revere
This battle was fought in Northern New York and was the turning point of the war. The Patriot victory convinced the French to enter the war on the side of the Patriots.
Battle of Saratoga
The Continental Congress was located in this city.
Philadelphia
Abigail Adams implored John Adams to "Remember the ______" when working on establishing fair laws in the Constitution.
Ladies
A firebrand from Virginia that advocated for Independence. His famous line was, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
Patriots took the British ships to dump a valuable commodity into the sea causing British anger and retribution.
Boston Tea Party
This battle in the south led to General Cornwallis fleeing to Virginia after the General Ferguson died in this battle.
Kings Mountain
The _____ Continental Congress is when the delegates signed the Declaration of Independence.
Second
These people were loyal to the British crown and had to flee to Canada and other places after the Patriots won the Revolutionary War.
Loyalists
A major figure in Virginia, he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
The Patriots were angered at this act for charging a fee for every piece of paper that the public used.
The Stamp Act
General Cornwallis surrendered after this Patriot victory in Virginia. After this, the war was over for the British.
Battle of Yorktown
This was the day and the year that Declaration of Independence was signed.
July 4th, 1776
About 50,000 of these people pledged to fight for the British during the war, but when the British lost, the majority of them had to go back to their previous way of life.
Enslaved Peoples
He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty. He was a former brewer of beer that turned into the leading figure during the early days of the Revolution.
Sam Adams
These laws were in response to the Boston Tea party. The British closed the harbor, allowed British officials to face any legal actions in Britain, and forced Bostonians to quarter British troops.
Intolerable Acts
This was one of the first major battles of the Revolution. The Patriots had the hire ground and forced the British to charge uphill. The British won the battle but lost double the number of soldiers compared to the Patriots.
Battle of Bunker Hill
This king rejected the Continental Congress and refused to acknowledge American Intendance.
King George III
Even though they helped the British fight the Patriots in the war, the British did not do anything to protect them from Patriots encroaching on their land in the Treaty of Paris.
American Indians